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Kettering University hosted the first ever collegiate FIRST Robotics competition on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019.

Kettering hosts first-ever FIRST Robotics collegiate competition

Genesee County is home to some of the best FIRST Robotics teams in the country and Kettering is home to the first-of-its-kind FIRST Robotics community center. 

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Faculty and students at Kettering University were awarded two patents in 2018.
Kettering University faculty, student research awarded two patents

One of the patented processes is designed to improve hip replacement surgeries while the other chemically modifies the surface of nano- and microparticles. 

Keith Confer, engineering manager of Advanced Vehicle Systems for Delphi, stands next to an Intelligent Drive  system prototype at Kettering University's GM Mobility Research Center.
Kettering hosts test run of Delphi prototype being unveiled at 2019 Consumer Electronics Show

Delphi becomes the first company to use Kettering University's new GM Mobility Center test track. 

UM-Flint to serve as hub of cybersecurity education

There are an estimated 7,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs available in Michigan and 300,000 nationwide.  

Craig Hoff, dean of the College of Engineering, overlooks the proving grounds from the Harris Mobility Research Center.
See inside Kettering University’s new proving grounds and research center

This massive project turned a polluted former industrial site into a one-of-its-kind university facility where the next generation of automobiles will be imagined and engineered. 

A rendering of the new 65,000-square-foot addition to the Murchie Science Building on UM-Flint's campus.
UM-Flint’s new science building ranks as downtown Flint’s largest-ever development

The $39 million expansion to the Murchie Science Building comes on the heels of a 58 percent increase in undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and math at UM-Flint and a 350 percent increase in graduate-level studies.

The exhibit "Race: Why Are We So Different?" includes several hands-on exhibits.
Sloan Museum’s exhibit on Race and Racism continues through December

The exhibit "Race: Are We So Different?" takes a look at race through science, history, and everyday experiences.

Jason Flowers, an anesthesia student at UM-Flint, developed a potentially life-saving invention.
University of Michigan-Flint student invents potentially life-saving anesthesia tool

Jason Flowers used his background in construction to develop the award-winning device.

Ebony Stith serves as communications manager for the Flint Registry.
Ebony Stith: Why the Flint Registry matters to us all

She is fueled by her love of family and passion for her city in the crusade to make sure everyone affected by the Flint water crisis is counted.

Part of the “wilder stretch” of the Flint River, home to  bald eagles, osprey, herring, smallmouth bass, turtles, and walleye.
Middle and high school students from three counties studying Flint River quality

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